I would say HA-KTIYB XASAR HA-NIYQUD V-XASAR HADIGU$, since the DIYGU $ is, in my opinion, independent of the NIYKUD. I think that the custom today is to routinely insert a yod after an unmarked xireq (leading to such disagreeable "official" spellings as אימא 'mother'), albeit with some exceptions. See here for the "rules":
http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%97%D7%A1%D7% A8_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93 In fact, here: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/i/t/k/k0417.htm the unpunctuated word HAMITEM of Nu. 17:6 is written with a yod, thus: המיתם In Nu. 17:6 HAMITEM has a (in my opinion, pre-NIYQUD) dagesh in the letter T to recall the xireq under the letter M, suggesting, by the antiquity of the dagesh, that the word was "always" lacking a yod. If I were younger I would start a campaign for the restoration of the dgeshim system in the KTIYB XASAR HA-NIYQUD, as it was in ancient times, before the invention of the NIYQUD, thus: אמּא . In 1Sa 2:25 LAHAMIYTAM lacks a dagesh in the T since the word is written in full with a yod after the xireq. The yod hints to the xireq, making a further dagesh hinter unnecessary, suggesting, by the antiquity of the dagesh, that the word was "always" written with a yod. Isaac Fried, Boston University On Apr 16, 2011, at 12:10 AM, Pere Porta wrote: > We have in Nm 17:6 the verbal form HAMIT.EM, you killed. > > If we were to write this word in today Israeli script (the > pointless one, > hasar haniqud), must we include a YUD between M and T? > > I mean: should the written word take the form of the last word in > 1Sa 2:25 > (of course, without points and without the prefixed lamed)? > > Kind regards from > > Pere Porta > (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) > > >> _______________________________________________ >> b-hebrew mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew >> > > > > -- > Pere Porta > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
